Sound, Film + Video Archives - Sixty Inches From Center https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/category/sound-film-video/ Mon, 23 Mar 2026 06:11:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/cropped-Sixty_Logo_Icon_Green-32x32.png Sound, Film + Video Archives - Sixty Inches From Center https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/category/sound-film-video/ 32 32 ‘Find Your Genre’: Micro-Reviews from the 61st Chicago International Film Festival https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/find-your-genre-micro-reviews-from-the-61st-chicago-international-film-festival/ Sat, 28 Feb 2026 16:00:00 +0000 https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/?p=73504 As Chicago cinema lovers find year-round alternatives to mainstream Hollywood movies, how is the Chicago International Film Festival adapting?

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]]> Tuning Away From Mechanized Listening: Juanjosé Rivas’s Workshop at Co-Prosperity’s Subversion Camp  https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/tuning-away-from-mechanized-listening-juanjose-rivass-workshop-co-prosperitys-subversion-camp/ Thu, 19 Feb 2026 19:04:40 +0000 https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/?p=73232 A conversation on the idea of planned obsolescence and tech recycling as a means of resistance.

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]]> Sintonizando Fuera del Sonido Automatizado: Juanjose Rivas’ Taller en el Campamento de Subversión de Co-Prosperity https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/sintonizando-fuera-del-sonido-automatizado-juanjose-rivas-taller-en-el-campamento-de-subversion-de-co-prosperity/ Thu, 19 Feb 2026 19:04:37 +0000 https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/?p=73243 Una conversación sobre la idea de la obsolescencia y el reciclaje tecnológico como resistencia.

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]]> TUNING AWAY FROM MECHANIZED LISTENING: Interview with Teddy Sandler about Sonic Resonance https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/tuning-way-from-mechanized-listening-interview-with-teddy-sandler-about-sonic-resonance/ Tue, 20 Jan 2026 16:00:00 +0000 https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/?p=72560 How does a retreat pass on the art of Djing and active listening?

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]]> TUNING AWAY FROM MECHANIZED LISTENING: Music making in the window: Access Contemporary Music unveils new concert venue, The CheckOut https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/tuning-away-from-mechanized-listening-music-making-in-the-window-access-contemporary-music-unveils-new-concert-venue-the-checkout/ Mon, 17 Nov 2025 23:57:12 +0000 https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/?p=71415 In a former 7-Eleven, a new venue is rethinking how classical music lives in the city.

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]]> TUNING AWAY FROM MECHANIZED LISTENING: On Craft, Intention, and the DJ’s Ear https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/tuning-away-from-mechanized-listening-on-craft-intention-and-the-djs-ear/ Mon, 10 Nov 2025 02:38:19 +0000 https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/?p=71748 What does care look, feel, and sound like in the creative practice of DJ'ing?

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]]> TUNING AWAY FROM MECHANIZED LISTENING: Sound Ecologies: A New Landscape of Music Community https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/tuning-into-mechanized-listening-sound-ecologies-a-new-landscape-of-music-community/ Sat, 25 Oct 2025 03:00:00 +0000 https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/?p=70446 A new classical music collective thrives in Indianapolis.

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]]> TUNING AWAY FROM MECHANIZED LISTENING: Interview with Madeleine Aguilar and Jordan Knecht https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/tuning-away-from-mechanized-listening-interview-with-madeleine-aguilar-and-jordan-knecht/ Thu, 04 Sep 2025 15:00:00 +0000 https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/?p=69613 The fourth installment of this series brings in a conversation with artists making work that leads people to find their groove and delves into what that means in practice, and as a practice.

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]]> Bonding in Snuggle: Jamila Woods & D-Composed https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/bonding-in-snuggle-jamila-woods-d-composed/ Fri, 22 Aug 2025 13:00:00 +0000 https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/?p=69970 A video comic review of a sound healing experience presented at Kehrein Center
for the Arts.

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]]> TUNING AWAY FROM MECHANIZED LISTENING: Gimaadaadizimin: Ojibwe Radio Elders Broadcasting Language, Sound, and Ancestral Memory https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/tuning-away-from-mechanized-listening-gimaadaadizimin-ojibwe-radio-elders-broadcasting-language-sound-and-ancestral-memory/ Thu, 21 Aug 2025 10:00:00 +0000 https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/?p=69987 Meet the Ojibwe community behind Minnesota's WTIP Community Radio.

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]]> TUNING AWAY FROM MECHANIZED LISTENING: A Sound Walk Through Chicago’s Pedway System with Allen Moore https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/tuning-away-from-mechanized-listening-a-sound-walk-through-chicagos-pedwat-system-with-allen-moore/ Thu, 24 Jul 2025 22:00:00 +0000 https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/?p=69214 In the second installment of this series, a sound artist is interviewed on their unique practice of improvising in public, industrial spaces.

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]]> TUNING AWAY FROM MECHANIZED LISTENING: An Interview with WHPK DJS https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/tuning-away-from-mechanized-listening-an-interview-with-whpk-djs/ Fri, 18 Jul 2025 15:00:00 +0000 https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/?p=68747 The first in a series of interviews highlighting the practices of sound artists in the Midwest, who develop deep and intentional relationships to music through their unique listening habits.

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]]> Listening to a continuous multi-species polyphony: An Interview with the Curators of urban+nature sonic pavilion https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/listening-to-a-continuous-multi-species-polyphony-an-interview-with-the-curators-of-urbannature-sonic-pavilion/ Mon, 02 Dec 2024 21:27:37 +0000 https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/?p=65019 The curators of urban+nature sonic pavilion discuss the process and concepts that shaped the sound exhibition.

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]]> Six Artists from the Dayton Black Women’s Film Festival https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/six-artists-from-the-dayton-black-womens-film-festival/ Mon, 04 Nov 2024 17:29:46 +0000 https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/?p=63404 Janyce Denise Glasper talks to six filmmakers about creativity, agency, and collaboration for Black women in the film industry.

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]]> A Sonic Geography of Voice: A Review of EXP/VOX https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/a-sonic-geography-of-voice-a-review-of-exp-vox/ Sat, 12 Oct 2024 15:21:00 +0000 https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/?p=63977 EXP/VOX, organized by Anna Johnson at TriTriangle as an exploration of the voice, featured the artists Anna Johnson, Paige Naylor, Maya Nguyen, alone-a, and maoϴ. 

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]]> Beyond the Four Walls: Reflections on “piecemeal (earthen works in progress)” https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/beyond-the-four-walls-reflections-on-piecemeal-earthen-works-in-progress/ Tue, 03 Sep 2024 14:42:13 +0000 https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/?p=63099 Jasmine Barnes reflects on Blackness, tenderness, and the non-human earth as medium and loved one in response to an exhibition at Chicago Art Department.

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]]> Dark and Hot: Summoning Latin American Vernacular https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/dark-and-hot-summoning-latin-american-vernacular/ Fri, 26 Apr 2024 14:45:00 +0000 https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/?p=61002 What is horror like in the tropics? The author looks at Inés Arango-Guingue's recent performance "Dark and Hot" through the lens of the Colombian film movement Gótico Tropical (Tropical Gothic).

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]]> In the Echoes of Pauline Oliveros: The Practice of Deep Listening https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/in-the-echoes-of-pauline-oliveros-the-practice-of-deep-listening/ Wed, 17 Apr 2024 23:51:08 +0000 https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/?p=61072 Livy Snyder shares her experience as a participant in an immersive Deep Listening program put on by StretchMetal and Experimental Sound Studio in partnership with the Gene Siskel Film Center.

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]]> Reimagining Reparations with Raja’Nee Redmond https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/reimagining-reparations-with-rajanee-redmond/ Tue, 05 Mar 2024 20:41:00 +0000 https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/?p=60197 In this interview, Raja'Nee Redmond discusses her new film, "A Long Way From Holmes," and how she transforms her love of history, ancestry, and storytelling to document her family’s legacy, collapsing the past and the present.

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]]> Listening to Whales in Central Illinois: A Review of CETACEAN and Who Speaks for the Oceans? https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/listening-to-whales-in-central-illinois-a-review-of-cetacean-and-who-speaks-for-the-oceans/ Wed, 17 Jan 2024 17:10:34 +0000 https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/?p=59351 An exploration of an art exhibition and performance connecting Illinois' prehistoric sea history to contemporary environmental concerns emphasizing the role of sound, listening, and comprehension in addressing climate change.

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]]> Un Viaje x El Tiempo y Espacio Colectivo: An Interview with Projection Designer Eme Ospina-López of Tambo and Bones  https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/qa-entrevista-with-tambo-bones-projections-designer-eme-ospina-lopez/ Wed, 08 Nov 2023 14:00:00 +0000 https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/?p=58567 Eme Ospina-López, is a queer and trans video artist from Bogotá, Colombia, and the creative mind behind the projections in Tambo and Bones. Tambo & Bones take their audience on an expedition through time and space as they grapple with the tension between capitalism and racism in America’s past, present, and future. 

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]]> A Study in Movement, Sound, and Afro-Diasporic Excavation: A Review of Ben Hall and Kaleigh Wilder at Experimental Sound Studio https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/a-study-in-movement-sound-and-afro-diasporic-excavation-a-review-of-ben-hall-and-kaleigh-wilder-at-experimental-sound-studio/ Thu, 14 Sep 2023 17:24:51 +0000 https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/?p=57343 A response of Detroit-based musicians Ben Hall and Kaleigh Wilder as they performed, weaving together sounds that serve both as auditory art and a reclamation of forgotten languages and histories.

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]]> Music that Wants You to Sleep: Ambient Lullabies at StretchMetal’s Drone Sleepover https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/music-that-wants-you-to-sleep-ambient-lullabies-at-stretchmetals-drone-sleepover/ Tue, 12 Sep 2023 19:55:11 +0000 https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/?p=57735 Stretchmetal's recurring Drone Sleepovers give audiences the opportunity to doze off in a communal space while DJs play electronic music through the night.

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]]> Una Entrevista con los Realizadores de Lost & Found (2023) https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/una-entrevista-con-los-realizadores-de-lost-found-2023/ Mon, 10 Apr 2023 15:49:03 +0000 https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/?p=54446 Conoce a los directores Ezra Amiri y Remy Guzman en esta entrevista sobre su relacion de trabajo, objetivos y proceso al realizar péliculas.

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]]> In defense of communal catharsis, whenever required: on the Foo Fighters’ “Best of You” https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/in-defense-of-communal-catharsis-whenever-required-on-the-foo-fighters-best-of-you/ Thu, 12 Jan 2023 22:28:31 +0000 https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/?p=52878 Dave Grohl screamed his voice hoarse for us. Isn't that what we all need sometimes — somebody to scream with us?

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]]> BSA Gold on Crafting A Creative Path in Mysterious Times https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/bsa-gold-on-crafting-a-creative-path-in-mysterious-times/ Tue, 09 Aug 2022 01:19:11 +0000 https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/?p=49972 Barédu Ahmed, who performs under the name BSA Gold, is an electronic soul musician whose work takes listeners on a journey through space, sound, spirituality, and self.

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]]> Time and Time Again: An Interview with Farah Salem https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/time-and-time-again-an-interview-with-farah-salem/ Fri, 15 Apr 2022 17:00:00 +0000 https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/?p=47988 A conversation with artist Farah Salem on how she uses her art and art therapy practices to honor, challenge, and reimagine rituals and psychologies across generations and geographies.

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]]> Fluorescence https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/fluorescence/ Thu, 14 Apr 2022 23:59:37 +0000 https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/?p=46892 A short script about the care and affection between two young characters, Pearl and Janisse.

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]]> Going Back to the Future: A Visual Collage In Response to the Film ‘to render the infinite’ https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/going-back-to-the-future-a-visual-collage-in-response-to-to-render-the-infinite/ Tue, 05 Apr 2022 14:57:18 +0000 https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/?p=47538 Going Back to the Future, a visual collage, explores the creation of ‘to render the infinite' by zakkiyyah najeebah dumas o’neal and composer by Ayana Contreras.

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]]> Memoir, Mythos, and the Maximalist Practice of Cecilia Beaven https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/memoir-mythos-and-the-maximalist-practice-of-cecilia-beaven/ Mon, 04 Apr 2022 20:44:31 +0000 https://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/?p=47550 Artist Cecilia Beaven on international comic artists, Nickelodeon cartoons, the limitations of labels and how we shake them off or shape them.

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